Geeetech Prusa i3 extruder mk8 spool holder (5mm wooden frame)

thingiverse

I could not find a spool holder for my cheap eBay printer that fitted the wooden 5mm thick frame. So a adopted one that I found on here. I adjusted the gap to fit and added a cut out for a notched 200mm long spool pole that would fit perfectly each side of the LCD screen support. I then created a 200mm long 20mm diameter spool with the gap to fit on the arms securely as the original arms were not secure enough in my opinion. After purchasing a reel of Geeetech PLA filament which appeared to be wound very tight and I often found the extruder to be working against the winding as well as the friction on the pole, so I made a huge outer cylinder to fit the over the 20mm pole and separated with bearings 20 x 47 x 14. 20mm hole x 47mm diameter x 14mm width. Some if the smaller reel, especially the 500g reels wont fit this 52mm diameter large 'over spool / pole' so I printed another 20mm just for the smaller reels. My pole does not have the end caps which are now in the design, I couldn't justify printing another just for cosmetic appearance. The one here does have it's ends filled in :-)